ersatz

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One way in which researchers have tried to delve into events after the blastocyst stage is by producing ersatz embryos from mouse stem cells.

From Science Magazine

Most of her photographs have an ersatz blandness; they are often inspired by whatever she finds around her apartment or her parents’ home where most of them are also taken.

From New York Times

In Miami, drivers circled a track built in the parking lot of the Dolphins football stadium, past an artificial Monaco-style “harbor”: blue-painted asphalt topped with ersatz yachts.

From New York Times

Americans have voted with our wallets in favor of generic cheese by purchasing more ersatz domestic “gruyere” than we buy of the authentic Swiss stuff.

From Washington Post

Readers drowning in unreliable ersatz content will probably learn to place more value on journalistic brand names with reputations for accuracy to defend.

From Washington Post